Biomining

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Rawlings, Douglas E. (Editor), Johnson, D. Barrie (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2007.
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Biotechnology.; Geochemistry.; Geobiology.; Microbial ecology.; Microbiology.; Metals.; Life Sciences.; Metallic Materials.; Microbial Ecology.; Biogeosciences.

Biomining is the biotechnology that uses microorganisms to recover metals, in particular copper and gold, from ores and concentrates. Having developed from a very simple operational (in terms of both engineering and biology) process, biomining has developed into a multifaceted technology, to the ext...

Table of Contents:

• The BIOX™ Process for the Treatment of Refractory Gold Concentrates
• Bioleaching of a Cobalt-Containing Pyrite in Stirred Reactors: a Case Study from Laboratory Scale to Industrial Application
• Commercial Applications of Thermophile Bioleaching
• A Review of the Development and Current Status of Copper Bioleaching Operations in Chile: 25 Years of Successful Commercial Implementation
• The GeoBiotics GEOCOAT® Technology – Progress and Challenges
• Whole-Ore Heap Biooxidation of Sulfidic Gold-Bearing Ores
• Heap Leaching of Black Schist
• Modeling and Optimization of Heap Bioleach Processes
• Relevance of Cell Physiology and Genetic Adaptability of Biomining Microorganisms to Industrial Processes
• Acidophile Diversity in Mineral Sulfide Oxidation
• The Microbiology of Moderately Thermophilic and Transiently Thermophilic Ore Heaps
• Techniques for Detecting and Identifying Acidophilic Mineral-Oxidizing Microorganisms
• Bacterial Strategies for Obtaining Chemical Energy by Degrading Sulfide Minerals
• Genetic and Bioinformatic Insights into Iron and Sulfur Oxidation Mechanisms of Bioleaching Organisms.